Alderia

Alderia
Alderia modesta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Sacoglossa
Family: Limapontiidae
Genus: Alderia
George Allman, 1846

Alderia is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. These are sacoglossan sea slugs.

The name Alderia first appeared in Thompson's 1844 Report on the fauna of Ireland as a nomen nudum (Allmann MSS).

Species

Species within the genus Alderia include:

References

  1. ↑ Allman G. (1846). "Note on a new genus of Nudibranchiate Mollusca". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17: 1-4.
  2. ↑ Thompson W. (1844). "Report on the fauna of Ireland: Div. Invertebrata. Drawn up, at the request of the British Association". Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1844;1843: 245-291.